Davidson’s Town Board will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday night, when commissioners are scheduled to hear an update on the Red Line Regional Rail Project, vote on statehouse lobbying priorities for 2012, and hold a public hearing on one set of planning ordinance amendments and a vote on another. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. Davidson Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. Read the full story

Speakers at a public hearing last Tuesday, Feb. 14, offered support for designating the former Davidson IB School on South Street as a historic landmark. Supporters included both the property owner, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, and its current tenant, Lake Norman Christian School. See the full story in REAL ESTATE & HOME»

Also on Real Estate & Home today, the latest Davidson and Cornelius home sales. And Teal Michel’s Interior Design column, with a focus on the color green.

Davidson’s Town Board on Tuesday, Feb. 14, will hear a report from its auditors on the Fiscal 2011 budget, hold a public hearing on a proposal to designate Davidson IB Middle School on South Street as a historic landmark, and vote on a plan to create a new fire district in the unincorporated areas of town. Read the full story

A team of eight graders from the J.M. Alexander Middle School IB program on Saturday won the North Carolina Future City Competition at N.C. State University in Raleigh. Their alternative-energy powered “future city” of Mahali Kuwa, South Africa, was judged tops among more than two dozen schools.

It was the fifth straight year a north Mecklenburg International Baccalaureate team won the competition, continuing a tradition that began when the IB program was housed at Davidson IB Middle School. Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Lake Norman Christian School is wrapping up a lease agreement with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools for the former Davidson IB Middle School building on South Street, and hopes to open for classes at its new home in January. The school plans an “Autumn Blast” barbecue and carnival Saturday at the middle school to raise money for renovations and to meet with neighbors. Read the full story

By LISA MILLER
WFAE-FM

In a year of controversy, the CMS board’s decision to close 11 schools last year was perhaps the most controversial.  The public was told the action would save money. And, in the long-term, that’s still expected to be the case.

But the first-year savings have fallen far short of what CMS administrators projected. In fact, there weren’t any savings at all. Read the full story

Updated Wednesday, Aug. 9
When the new school year begins in a couple of weeks, Davidson IB Middle School will be strangely silent. But there will be a louder buzz at J.M. Alexander Middle School in Huntersville, where the Davidson IB magnet program will become a school-within-a-school. Saturday, Aug. 13, the newly combined school’s Parent Teacher Student Association will hold a “Back to School Fair” to welcome both IB students and their returning J.M. Alexander classmates.

The event will run from 4:30 to 8 p.m. at the Alexander athletic field, off N.C. 115. (See the “Back to School Fair” event page on Facebook.) Read the full story

Lake Norman Christian School says it has many questions, but will begin negotiations next week with Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools about leasing the former Davidson IB Middle School on South Street.

CMS announced Wednesday that the school board picked Lake Norman Christian to lease the aging school, at 251 South St. Read the full story